5/1/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming WSO Meet Ups:

WSO Happy Hour - Paris: Fri, 19 May, 8:00pm @ Les Etages

Upcoming podcasts, webinars and webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):

Podcast: 2-3-2 - John Householter -- 5/2/17
Webinar: IB Case: Assisting a potential buyer to draft an investment committee presentation -- 12pm ET, 5/7/17
Podcast: How to make the most out of B-School - Max Levenstein -- 5/9/17
Rewind - Day in the Life of a Natural Gas Trader + Q&A – 12am ET, 5/23/17

Posts of the Week:

IB Analyst Disaster. by @Keyser Söze 123". 140 SB’s.
How To Ask For Anything by @geoffblades". 32 SB’s.
WTF California ....... WTF by @WestCoastDeveloper". 13 SB’s.
Open Discussion: CRE During a Downturn by @bd.charlus". 11 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Mexico ---> illegally entering US ---> VP @ GS by @George Kush". 183 comments.
How do atheists/agnostics live a happy life? by @zeezy”. 85 comments.
2017 Commercial/Corporate Banking Bonuses by @WallStreetJunkie123". 67 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @noodlz" in the post “We need to let you go”.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @TNA" 1663, 2. @flying_snow" 934, and 3. @Frank Quattrone" with 846.

See where you rank here.

New WSO Certified Users:

I wanted to take the space here to thank and congratulate the new Certified Users from the past week. Welcome to the club. Some of these are new members, but all have confirmed that they work in the indicated industry at the level selected on their profile. All Certified Users have a yellow star next to their usernames when posting in the forums, so you all know which sources you can trust the most. As WSO Certified Users, they get 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@yesbrainer” - Mergers and Acquisitions - 3rd+ Year Associate

Consulting
@BleedingBlue” - Consultant

Real Estate
@BraveSock” - Commercial - 2nd Year Analyst
@The Duke of Wall Street” - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Legal
@Fugue” - Legal - Other

Other
@Negative Rates Ghostrider” - Other - Research Associate

Are you a working professional and you're interested in joining the WSO Certified User club? E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] your username and send a link to your LinkedIn profile.

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